My iDrac kit has arrived and a lot faster than I thought it would. I’ve got it installed and I’m ready to battle with it and try to learn how to get into it and access the iDrac interface.
Now to get it powered up and updated to latest firmware. Also I’ve been looking at OS for routers and OPNSense has come onto my radar, I may be tempted to spin up one of each on ESXi so I can switch between the two.
So a small one but very worthwhile. I’ve today upgraded the RAM from 24GB up to 48GB. It was a really simple swap out job replacing the 6 DIMMS with 4GB in each to 6 sticks containing 8GB each.
Booted up and worked straight away and now I have a lot more RAM to throw around between my VM’s.
Quick update on the state of play with the router.
After the Dell server was phenomenally loud when running I had decided not to make the move over however some deep googling and checking through the Dell forums turned up that there were BIOS releases that addressed this problem. With the combination of the new BIOS and turning all the power settings onto custom and opting for power saver the server has quietened down now to what I would class as below acceptable levels.
Project CHR is back on track! I’m hoping that this weekend I can get the copper to fibre converter in so I can get the CHR spun up and routing as my main router.